Carlisle Floyd Quotes
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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When I was a little bitty kid, my aunt showed me how to play a little boogie. It took me years. I had to play the left-hand part with two hands, because my hands was so little. Then as I grew up and I learned how to play the left-hand part with one hand, she showed me how to play the right-hand part, and et cetera. My Uncle Joe showed me how to play a little bit different boogie stuff. I had people in my family that was professional musicians, but I just wasn't interested in what they did. I wasn't very open-minded to a lot of music that I'd be more open to today.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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I became so desperate that I considered throwing Eric [Beck] off the ledge. I thought I could get down and then lie about what had happened. To my addled brain, this was plausible. Then I came to my senses and woke Eric up and told him that either he had to retreat or I'd throw him off. We went down and I never climbed again for a quarter of a century.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
